Coin register



Aug. 19 1924. 1,505,426

J. RENE-ions COIN REGISTER A Filed Aug. 1,'1922 2 sheets-shawl Aug. 19, 1924. 1,505,426

.1. RENHoLTs COIN REGISTER Filed' Aug. 1, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

JOHN RE'NHOLTS, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

GOIN REGISTER.

Application filed August 1, 1922. Serial No. 578,867.

To all whom t may concern.'

Bek it lmown that T, Jort-rrr Briar-roms, citizen ofthe United States, residing at Oakland, county of Alameda, and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin Registers, of which the following is arspecification.

This invention relates to .coin registers, and particularly pertains to a device adapted to be usedI for registering street car fares and the like.

Tt is the principal object of 'the present invention Vto provide means for re` stering coins of various denominations by a mechanism which is simple'in its construction. not liable to get out of order, and will positively operate at all times.

The present invention contemplates the use of coin djistributing` means by which coins of different denominations may be segregated and thereafterutilized in registering their respect-ive amounts upon va suitable counter.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying'drawings in which:

1 illustrates the present invention as seen'in end elevation.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the device as seen in side elevation.

Fig. 3 is fragmentary view in plan showing the different coin receiving and counting members. Y

Figs.r 11, 6, and 7 show the different coin receiving members.

Referring more particularly 'to the drawings, 10 indicates a baseplate adapted to receive a cash box or a hopper. This plate carries a coin hopper 11 which is here shown as having an inclined opening at its bottom normally closed by a revolving floor 12. This floor carries means for successively and selectively deliveringcoins to the counting device 13. The manner in which-these coins are thus delivered forms no part of the present application.

The present invention is more particularly concerned withv the counting and registering means. l This comprises a shaft 141 carrying separate coin receiving devices 15, 16, 17 and 18. Tt will be understood, however, that any number of these devices may be used and may be designed for receiving coins of any desired denomination. Each of the coin receiving devices is formed of a plurality of disks 19 which are laid one against the other and mounted upon the shaft 1a, these disks being built up to a width agreeing with the diameter of the coin to be used therewith. At the opposite sides of the built.' up section apair of flange disks 2O are provided to 'prevent the coin from being misplaced. The disks19 are each formed with transverse 'notches 21. These notches occur upon diametrically opposite sides of each disk. The notches of the several disks of any one set are in regis-` ter so as to form a pocket into which the coins may slip. This pocket will hold the coins transversely of the receiving devices and will thus insure that they will be'properly presented to the registering mechanism. The notches 21 are formed with straight back faces 22 and a short inclined front. face 23. The peripheral edgeof the disk extending from one ofthe back faces vto a front face of the diametrically opposite notch is described by`arcs of circles eccentric to the shaft 14. A gea-r 2a is secured on the shaft 14: and is in connection with a suitable gearing by which the shaft may be rotated.

As shown in the drawings, coin receiving structures are provided for coins of four denominations. The receiving member 15 is utilized for dimes, the member 16 for pennies, the member 17 for nickels, and the member 18 for quarters.

As more clearly shown in Fig. 3, of the drawings, a spacing collar 25 is disposed between the two center disks of eachv set upon the shaft.` This provides a space into which tripping lingers 26 project,'said iingers thus being ydisposed directly in the path of travel of the coins carried by the various coin receiving structures. ln the present instance levers 26 for members 15, 17 and 18 are secured to an operating shaft 27, while the lever 26 of the lcoin receiving member 16 is secured to the shaft 2% of a penny counter 29. The diameters of the various coin receiving members vary and the lengths of the levers 26 vary also. This insures that the levers will have a different swinging motion and will rotate the shaft 27 varying degrees of rotation; As, for example, it is intended thata coin carried by the receiving member 18 shall rotate the shaft 27 an angular distance 5 times as great as the rotation produced by a coin carried by the receiving member 16. In this manner the fares will be accurately recorded, irrespective of the denominations of the coins passing through the counter. If the fare is live cents, and a quarter, dime and nickel pass through the counter, eight fares will be registered. This is insured by reason of the fact that the notches in the various coin receiving members are disposed at different angles to each other and are se arranged that when a coin in one receiving member is tripping its respective lever to register a` fare, the coins in the other receivers are in non-tripping positions, and successively actuate the shaft 2T. The shaft 27 carries a gear segment 30 which is in mesh with a suitable train of gears 3l, the last one of which is carried by the shaft of a counter 32. This counter may be of any preferred design. A spring connects with the shaft 28 and normally holds the shaft in a non-rotatingi position and in a manner to insure that rotation of the shaft will be against the tension of the spring.

In operation of the present invention, coins are thrown into the coin box and then pass into the hopper l1. Here suitable mechanism separates coins of diiferent de-- nominations and successively delivers` these coins to the grooves of the coin receiving members and in positions to extend transversely of the receiving members. This operation occurs as the selecting device l2 and the coin receiving structure 13 are in simultaneous rotation. As the coin receiving members rotate they will pick up the coins from the selecting device 12 and will carry them in the direction indicated by the arrow -ain Fig. l. As they proceed the lever 26 will be encountered and the shaft 27 rotated. The degree of rotation of this shaft will determine the amount registered in the recording device 32. In the present case, pennies will not rotate the shaft 2T but will operate an auxiliary counter 29, the manner of operation being' the same.

.It will thus be seen that this registering mechanism, while decidedly simple in construction and operation, at the same time insures that coins may be positively counted without mistake, and that coins of large denominations may be counted while automatically registering the number of fares represented by this coin.

lVhile I have shown the preferred form of my invention as now known to me, it will be understood that various changes might be made in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts by those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the invention, as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a coin registering device, a rotatable shaft, a plurality of coin carrying members on said shaft adapted to separately receive coins of different denominations and to hold coins of different denominations transversely with respect vto the path of travel of said members and at different distances from the axis of rotation of said members, the coins of larger denominations being respectively closer to the axis of rotation, a register operated by rotation in a continuous direction, a set of levers mounted to oscillatc around an axis parallel to the axis of the coin receiving members, said levers being of different lengths whereby their arc of travel will be in inverse ratio with respect to the positions of the respective coins b y which said levers are actuated, and means whereby the various levers when actuated by the coins will each actuate the coin register a definite amount and thus record the dill'erent values of the coins actuating the levers.

9.. In a coin registering device, a rotatable shaft, a plurality of coin carrying' members on said shaft, radial slots formed in said members for receiving coins of different denominations and for holding said coins transversely with respect to the path of travel of said menibers, the slots in the different members being of different depths whereby to dispose the coins of different denominations different distances with respect to the axis of rotation of the members, the coins of larger denominations being respectively closer to said axis of rotation, a register operated by rotation in a continuous direc-4 tion, an operating shaft disposed parallel to said rotatable shaft, a of levers mounted on the said operating shaft. said levers being disposed onel in the path of each coin carrving member whereby they will be engaged and actuated by coins carried by said members, said levers being of different lengths and actuated by coins carried by said members, said levers being of different lengths whereby their arc of travel will be in inverse ratio with respect to the positions of the coins by which said levers are actuated, and an operative connection between said levers and said register whereby the various levers when actuated will each actuate the coin register a definite amount and thus register the diHerent values of the coins actuating the levers.

JOHN RENI-IOLTS. 

